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Abd/low ext cath 3rd at UPMC St. Margaret
815 Freeport Road, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1790795359
$2,739.60
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$4,566.00
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$947.07 with UPMC Work Partners vs $7,421.42 with Highmark BCBS of PA — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $947.07 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $1,141.50 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $1,150.63 | ↓ -58% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $1,244.42 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $1,251.08 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $1,278.48 | ↓ -53% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $1,278.48 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $1,735.08 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $1,826.40 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $1,826.40 | ↓ -33% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $2,256.98 | ↓ -18% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $2,283.00 | ↓ -17% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $2,511.30 | ↓ -8% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $2,770.68 | ↑ +1% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $3,196.20 | ↑ +17% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $3,601.75 | ↑ +31% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $3,652.80 | ↑ +33% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $3,652.80 | ↑ +33% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $3,710.71 | ↑ +35% |
| Humana | Commercial | $3,881.10 | ↑ +42% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $4,823.76 | ↑ +76% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $7,421.42 | ↑ +171% |
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Abd/low ext cath 3rd at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $6,311.40 | $947.07 – $8,941.15 |
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $4,867.80 | $958.02 – $7,301.70 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $8,613.60 | $931.20 – $12,202.60 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $7,387.20 | $901.71 – $10,465.20 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $4,321.20 | $891.16 – $5,401.50 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $1,129.20 | $508.14 – $1,505.60 |